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FAYETTEVILLE,  N.  C. 


ADDRESS 

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Delivered  in  the  Presbvterian  Church  of  Fayetteville 
February  3rd,  1889, 


 BY  

REV.  A.  L.  PHILLIPS, 

PASTOR. 


Printed  by  requevSt  of  the  "Men's  Home  Missionary  Society"  of 

the  Church. 

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APPENDIX: 

Names  of  the  Ministers  from  1755  to  1889,  with  Eldership  from  1800  and  |  1 


Organization,  and  Membership  November  1st,  ii 


FAYETTEVILLE,  N.  C. : 

J.  E.  GAB  RETT,  PRINTER  AND  BINDER, 


1889. 


An  Historical  Sketch 


OF  THE 


Presbyterian.  Church 


OF- 


FAYETTEVILLE,  N.  C. 


ADDRESS 

Delivered  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Fayetteville 
February  3rd,  1889, 

 BY  

REV.  A,  L.  PHILLIPS, 

PASTOR. 


Printed  by  request  of  the  "Men's  Home  Missionary  Society'1  of 

the  Church. 


APPENDIX: 


Names  of  the  Ministers  from  1755  to  1889,  with  Eldership  from  1800  and 
Organization,  and  Membership  November  1st,  1889. 


FAYETTEVILLE,  N.  C: 

J.  E.  GARRETT,  PRINTER  AND  BINDER, 
1889. 


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Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
fayette vi lle,  n.  c. 


Previous  to  the  year  1800  several  Presbyterian  minis- 
ters, many  of  these  directly  from  Scotland,  preached  here. 
The  first  was  Rev.  James  Campbell  of  Campbelltown,  Ar- 
gyleshire,  Scotland.  He  first  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
subsequently  came  as  a  home  missionary  to  North  Carolina, 
settling-  at  the  Bluff.  He  died  in  1781.  He  preached  here 
in  a  private  house  occasionally  in  1755.  Says  Rev.  C.  Mc- 
Iver,  he  was  "one  of  the  excellent  of  the  earth,  an  eminent 
Christian,  and  an  active,  assiduous  and  useful  minister  of 
the  Gospel." 

The  next  minister  to  preach  here  was  Rev.  John  Mc- 
Leod  who  came  with  a  large  number  of  emigrants  direct 
from  the  Highlands  of  Scotland  in  1770.  He  was  a  man  of 
popular  talents,  solid  worth  and  eminent  piety.  About 
1773  he  left  America  to  return  to  Scotland,  but  was  never 
heard  from  afterwards. 

Rev.  Dougald  Crawford  came  from  the  Highlands  about 
^84,  and  preached  several  times  here  in  the  Court  House. 
He  was  said  to  be  a  man  of  eloquence.  In  1787  he  returned 
to  Scotland.  About  this  time  Rev.  Mr.  Tate,  an  Irish  minis- 
ter from  Wilmington,  N.  C,  preached  'here  occasionally. 
For  many  years  it  was  his  practice  to  make  extensive  tours 
through  the  country,  when  he  would  baptize  many  children. 

Rev.  George  Whitfield,  the  great  evangelist,  preached 
here  several  times,  but  the  date  of  his  visit  is  not  known. 

In  1786  Rev.  Colin  Lindsay  and  Licentiate  Angus 
McDiarmid  came  from  Scotland  and  settled  over  churches 
near.  here.  They  occasionally  preached  in  town  in  the 
"State  House,"  (as  the  present  Market  House  was  then 
called.) 


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Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


began  to  keep  a  written  record  of  its  proceedings  with  a 
register.  We  find  that  "Mr.  Turner  was  authorized  to  pur- 
chase for  the  church  a  large  and  small  Bible,  together  with 
two  portable  books,  each  comprising  Dr.  Watts'  metrical 
version  of  the  Psalms  of  David,  and  such  a  selection  of 
hymns  as  should  meet  Mr.  Turner's  approbation.  On  Sun- 
day July  29,  18 10,  Col.  Jno.  Dickson  was  instructed  to  apply 
to  the  Legislature  for  an  act  of  incorporation  for  the  church. 
Previous  to  this  time  a  lot  for  a  church  had  been  bought 
and  deeded  to  the  Town  Commissioners  to  hold  in  trust  for 
the  congregation.  It  was  held  that  the  church  couldn't 
legally  hold  property.  At  this  time  collections  were  taken 
once  a  month  at  the  church  door,  notice  of  its  object  having 
been  given  the  proceeding  Sunday. 

In  Mr.  Winslow's  address  before  the  Phoenix  Lodge,  in 
1849,  there  is  this  reference  to  Mr.  Turner:  "Mr.  Turner 
was  a  man  of  fine  talents,  of  great  amability  and  cheerful- 
ness, with  a  vein  of  rich  and  pleasant  humor  running 
through  his  character.  He  died  in  October  1813,  unusually 
beloved,  and  the  great  concourse  who  attended  his  re- 
mains to  their  final  resting  place  afforded  evidence  of  the 
respect  all  entertained  for  his  character." 

Of  Mr.  Turner  it  is  written  :  "  Possessing  that  openness 
of  disposition  which  is  easy  of  access  we  were  all  familiarly 
acquainted  with  him.  *  *  *  As  a  man,  as  a  minister,  as  an 
instructor  of  youth,  as  a  friend,  as  a  parent,  as  a  husband,  as  a 
neighbor  and  as  a  Christian,  Mr.  Turner  was  pre-eminent. 
His  private  and  public  virtues,  his  zeal  for  the  cause  of  re- 
ligion and  the  conformity  of  his  conduct  with  the  precepts 
that  he  taught  and  the  truths  which  he  delivered,  rendered 
him  a  blessing  to  his  acquaintances  and  an  ornament  to 
society.  In  whatever  character  we  view  him,  we  find  little 
to  censure  and  much  to  admire.  *  *  *  His  nice  and  quick 
discernment  made  him  seize  at  once  upon  the  characters  of 
men,  and  he  would  sometimes  sketch  them  with  great  vigor 
of  outline  and  boldness  of  coloring.  Nothing  ridiculous  es- 
caped his  eye.  *  *  *  His  understanding  was  powerful  ; 
his  imagination  vivid  ;   his  piety   great  and  unaffected." 


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Injured  innocence  or  oppressed  poverty  never  appealed  to 
him  in  vain.  During  his  last  illness  he  waited  his  Master's 
will  with  great  patience,  and  when  dying  triumphantly  ex- 
claimed :  "  Oh  death  !  where  is  thy  sting  !  O  grave  !  where 
is  thy  victory!"  His  remains  now  lie  buried  in  a  neglected 
grave  in  the  old  cemetery. 

The  fifth  pastor  was  Rev.  Jesse  H.  Turner,  of  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  a  brother  of  the  former  pastor.  He  arrived  in 
Febuary  1 814,  having  agreed  to  be  pastor  for  three  years  for 
$800  a  year. 

At  the  beginning  of  his  pastorate  full  records  of  sessional 
meetings  begin  and  are  continued  to  the  present  with  but 
short  interruptions. 

He  continued  to  serve  the  church  till  March  1,  1819, 
although  his  letter  of  resignation  was  written  and  accepted 
by  the  session  on  January  13,  18 19.  It  was  during  his  pas- 
torate that  the  erection  of  the  church  building  was  under- 
taken. The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  resolution 
passed  by  the  session  at  the  time  of  his  resignation  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  session  be  given  to  the  Rev- 
Mr.  Turner  for  his  past  faithful  services  and  labors  of  love  in  this 
congregation  ;  and  that  the  session  will  ever  retain  a  grateful  sense 
of  the  important  service  and  many  distinguished  instances  of  strict 
fidelity  in  the  discharge  of  duty,  and  the  numerous  manifestations 
of  affectionate  attachment  to  his  people,  which  have  characterized 
his  ministry  in  this  place." 

The  "  instances  of  strict  fidelity  to  duty"  are  supposed 
to  be  disciplinary  measures  even  against  elders,  &c. 

The  6th  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Wm.  D.  Snodgrass,  of 
Pennsylvania,  who  was  elected  pastor  May  26th,  1 8 19.  He 
continued  pastor  until  his  resignation,  February  9th,  1822, 
to  become  pastor  of  the  Independent  Presbyterian  church 
in  Savannah. 

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The  7th  pastor  was  Rev.  Robert  H.  Morrison,  who  con- 
tinued to  be  pastor  till  March  20th,  1825.  How  much 
longer  he  served  is  not  known.  For  the  record  from 
March  20th,  1825,  to  May  6th,  1826,  is  lost.  Dr.  Morrison 
is  the  father  of  Mrs.  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  still  lives  in 


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Gaston  County  at  a  great  age.  His  wife  was  the  daughter 
of  General  Joseph  Graham,  of  Lincoln,  and  the  sister  of  Gov- 
ernor Graham. 

The  8th  pastor  was  Rev.  James  G.  Hamner,  who  was 
elected  about  May  1st,  1826.  He  resigned  March  31st,  1829. 
Soon  after  his  resignation  his  wife  died — April  14th,  1829. 
During  his  pastorate  the  children  were  first,  by  act  of  Ses- 
sion, assembled  in  the  church  on  the  last  Sabbath  afternoon 
of  each  month  for  catechetical  instruction.  I  find  the 
following  "note"  in  the  records  in  the  handwriting  of  George 
McNeill: 

"The  cHiirch  meeting  held  on  the  afternoon  of  10th  September, 
[1826,]  (the  Lord's  day)  was  well  attended.  O,  God!  hear  the  prayers 
of  Thy  people,  and  grant  an  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit — a  revival 
in  the  church — that  Thy  saints  may  be  edified,  and  sinners  converted 
unto  Thee — for  Thy  Son,  our  Saviour's  sake — x\nien." 

This  prayer  might  be  copied  and  written  on  the  door- 
posts of  our  churches  of  to-day.  The  prayer  was  answered, 
for,  on  November  4th,  1826,  eleven  persons  were  received  on 
examination  to  membership.  Of  Mr.  Hamner  the  record 
says,  "  The  Session,  with  the  liveliest  sensibility,  expressed 
their  sincere  regret  that  any  circumstances  should,  in  the 
opinion  of  their  much  respected  pastor,  render  it  necessary 
or  proper  to  dissolve  the 1  endeared  relation  of  pastor  and 
people — which  had  for  nearly  three  years  connected  him 
with  this  congregation  with  so  much  profit  to  the  church, 
and  as  office-bearers  in  the  same  church,  they  take  pleasure 
in  testifying  to  his  arduous  and  successful  labors  in  feeding 
the  flock  and  in  calling  sinners  to  repentance." 

The  9th  pastor,  Rev.  Josiah  Jas.  Kirkpatrick,  was  elect- 
ed Thursday,  March  4th,  1830,  ordained  and  installed  June 
17th,  1830,  and  died  July  25th,  1830.  The  record  says: 
"  His- race  was  short  but  glorious,  for  he  obtained  the  prize; 
he  died  in  the  triumphs  of  faith — in  the  hope  and  comforts 
of  the  Gospel."  By  his  own  request,  his  funeral  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Jesse  Rankin  on  Sabbath,  September  5th, 
1830,  from  the  text  Phil.  1:23,  and  he  was  buried  by  the 
side  of  Mr.  Turner  in  the  old  Cemetery  at  this  place. 


OF  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 


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The  10th  pastor  was  Rev.  Henry  A.  Rowland,  Jr.,  who 
was  elected  Saturday,  May  7th,  1831.  On  Sunday,  May 
29th,  183  I,  the  church,  with  most  of  the  town,  was  burned. 
Session  asked  the  Assembly  to  appoint  t  Mr.  Rowland  a 
missionary  for  one  year.  He  took  a  trip  North  to  solicit 
pecuniary  aid,  the  result  of  which  was  that  he  collected 
about  $7,000  to  help  rebuild  the  church.  Mr.  Rowland  re- 
signed February  8th,  1834,  to  go  to  Pearl  Steet  Church, 
New  York  City.  Though  acting  as  pastor  for  three  years  he 
was  never  installed  here.  The  Session  thus  addressed  him, 
in  a  letter,  on  his  leaving:  "We  have  sat  under  your  min- 
istrations with  pleasure,  and  received  instruction  ;  we 
have  "taken  sweet  counsel  together"  as  office  bearers  in 
the  church  of  Christ,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  bearing  wit- 
ness to  your  fidelity  and  usefulness  here  in  building  up  the 
church  of  Christ  and  in  raising  a  temple  for  worship  where 
*  our  holy  and  beautiful  house  was  burned  up  with  fire  and 
all  our  pleasant  things  laid  waste.'  " 

The  nth  pastor  was  Rev.  Jas  W.  Douglass,  of  Virginia, 
who  was  elected  March  24,  1834,  and  began  his  pastorate 
October  19,  1834.  He  died  September  5th,  1837.  His  salary 
was  $800.  During  the  summer  of  1835  there  seems  to 
have  been  a  great  revival  near  here  on  Rockfish.  The  ses- 
sion met  at  Daniel  McNeill's,  on  -Rockfish,  June  28,  1835, 
and  received  on  examination  23  persons  ;  at  the  same  place, 
July  19,  1835,  and  received  16  ;  at  Mrs.  Carver's  on  August 
23,  1835,  and  received  9  ;  again  at  Daniel  McNeill's,  August 
31,  1835,  and  received  1 1 ;  at  Lallastard's,  Bladen  county, 
September,  18,  1835,  and  received  7  ;  at  McPherson's,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1835,  and  received  2  ;  at  Lallastard's,  October 
2,  and  received  7  ;  same  place  November  13,  1835,  an<^  re~ 
ceived  3,  making  a  total  of  78  in  four  months  and  a-half. 
The  record  says  of  him  :  "He  was  a  faithful  servant  and  an 
able,  evangelical  minister  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  His 
praise  is  in  the  churches  and  his  examples  will  be  lessons  of 
instruction  to  all  who  knew  him."  His  remains  also  rest  in 
the  old  Cemetery  and  a  monument  has  been  erected  to  his 
memory. 


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The  1 2th  pastor  was  Rev.  Daniel  McNeill  Turner,  who 
was  a  licentiate  of  "  Charleston  Union  Presbytery,"  of  South 
Carolina,  when  called  here.  He  was  elected  November  27, 
1837,  and  resigned  October  13,  1840.  In  1839  (April  27) 
the  session  was  informed  that  he  had  undertaken  for  a  few 
w  cck  s  the  agency  to  solicit  funds  for  the  Donaldson  Acad- 
emy. On  June  4th  he  was  requested  to  continue  his  work. 
August  ioth,  1839,  a  minute  was  adopted  with  regard  to 
certain  "distractions  that  have  existed  and  of  the  necessary 
alienation  of  feeling  which  they  have  produced." 

In  April,  1840,  the  session,  for  the  first  time  recorded, 
took  notice  of  the  great  mission  work  of  the  church.  There 
is  an  elaborate  preamble  to  its  action,  in  which  the  follow- 
ing sentence  occurs:  "Feeling  our  responsibility  as  office- 
bearers in  the  church  of  Christ  to  promote  his  cause, by  remov- 
ing, as  much  as  in  us  lies,  the  moral  darkness  of  ignorance 
and  superstition,  and  in  redeeming  our  lost  race  from  the 
thraldom  of  sin,  we  as  a  session  own  it  to  be  our  duty  to 
give  encouragement  and  aid  to  the  General  Assembly's 
Boards  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  missions.  Therefore  we 
will  take  up  collections  annually  and  will  contribute  to  these 
objects  according  to  our  ability,  and  use  our  influence  in 
the  congregation  to  obtain  the  free-will  offering  of  all  in 
this  glorious  and  sacred  cause."  Accordingly  they  appoint- 
ed a  month  for  each  of  these  causes,  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Missions,  Sabbath  Schools,  Distribution  of  Tracts  and  Bi- 
bles, and  Education. 

From  Chester  District,  S.  C,  whither  Mr.  Turner  went 
for  relief  from  some  pulmonary  trouble,  he  wrote  September 
28,1 840,  a  long  letter  tendering  his  resignation  to  the  congre- 
gation. In  it  he  alludes  to  some  differences  between  some 
of  the  session  and  himself  about  church  matters.  The  ses- 
sion replied  (January  7,  1841):  "As  a  pastor  you  had  our 
humble  prayers  ;  as  a  friend  you  had  our  sincere  sympa- 
thies and  best  wishes,  and  as  a  man  you  had  our  respect 
and  regard.  And  if  anything,  at  any  time,  occurred  to 
abate  or  suspend  these  friendly  and  Christian  feelings  on 
our  part,    (of  which,  however,  we  are  not  sensible),  we 


OF  Favetteville,  N.  C. 


heartily  deplore  such  occurrence.  And  now,  that  we  are 
separated,  permit  us,  for  ourselves  and  for  the  congregation 
we  represent,  to  tender  you  the  devoted  affection  of  our 
hearts." 

The  13th  pastor  was  Rev.  Adam  Gilchrist,  who  was 
invited  to  preach  for  a  year  as  stated  supply  on  January  14th, 
1841;  was  installed  pastor  February  27th,  1842,  and  who, 
after  faithful  service  of  nearly  twenty  years,   died  March 

27th,  1861,  in   ,  Florida,  whither  he  had  gone  for  his 

health's  sake.  Judge  Shepherd  was  the  author  of  the  paper 
adopted  by  Session  at  his  death.  The  paper  is  a  model  of 
its  sort.  Would  I  could  quote  it  all!  A  few  extracts  will 
be  of  interest:  "He  had  seen  the  children  whom  he  had 
baptized  in  infancy  coming  forward  under  the  blessing  of 
God  upon  his  ministry,  and  in  profession  of  faith  declaring 
themselves  to  be  on  the  Lord's  side.  *  *  *  He  had 
seen  the  Word  of  God,  "the  Sword  of  the  Spirit,"  made 
quick  and  powerful  in  his  preaching  and  many  added  to  the 
church  of  such  as  shall  be  saved.  While  he  was  firm  in  his 
conviction  of  truth  and  warmly  at  tached  to  the  standards  of 
his  own  church,  he  was  not  given  to  controversy  and  doubt- 
ful disputation,  and  was  wholly  a  stranger  to  dogmatism 
and  intolerance.  In  the  church  and  in  society,  in  all  the 
walks  of  life,  he  was  beloved  and  respected  as  an  earnest, 
faithful  Christian  and  a  good  man.  His  example  was  worthy 
of  imitation  in  his  forbearance,  discretion,  prudence  and 
moderation.  While  he  held  in  Presbytery  and  in  Synod  a 
high  rank  as  an  evangelical  minister,  as  a  theologian  and 
scholar,  there  was  nothing  in  these  from  which  he  seemed 
to  think  that  the  eye  of  any  should  be  turned  towards  him. 
He  was  humble  before  God  in  all  places,  and  while  he  had 
talent,  rare  scholarship,  and  much  in  which  the  men  of  this 
world  might  take  delight,  he  enjoyed  these  as  the  gifts  of  his 
Heavenly  Father  and  not  as  riches  which  his  own  hand  had 
gotten."  His  memory  is  surely  blessed,  and  even  yet 
sweetens  the  lives  of  many  who  now  hear  me. 

The  14th  pastor  was  Rev.  John  M.  Sherwood,  who  came 
from  Orange  Presbytery,  was  elected  pastor  May  30th, 


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i 86 r ,  and  installed  November  30th,  1861.  He  resigned 
his  pastorate  November  23rd,  1867,  to  become  editor 
of  the  A7.  C.  Presbyterian',  with  which  paper  he  had  been 
connected  prior  to  its  destruction  by  Sherman's  army 
in  March,  1 865.  His  death  occurred  January  6th,  1872. 
Mr.  Sherwood  was  here  during  the  trying  years  of  the 
civil  war.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Session  on  January 
.11th,  1862,  Judge  "Jesse  G.  Shepherd,  delegate  to  Presby- 
tery, briefly  recited  some  of  the  leading  matters  disposed  of 
in  that  meeting;  of  the  papers  prepared  by  Rev.  F.  K.  Nash 
as  chairman  of  the  committee — assigning  the  reasons  why 
this  Presbytery  should  dissolve  its  connection  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
then  described  how  these  papers,  after  a  solemn  appeal  to 
God  in  prayer,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Hector  McLean,  were 
adopted  unanimously,  the  roll  being  called  and  each  mem- 
ber voting  "  aye. "  At  this  Presbytery  four  commissioners 
were  elected  to  meet  with  the  commissioners  of  other  Pres- 
byteries through  the  Confederate  States  in  the  city  of  Au- 
gusta, Georgia,  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  December,  A.  D. 
1 86 1,  the  4th  day  of  the  month.  Rev.  Hector  McLean  and 
Rev.  F.  K.  Nash,  of  the  clergy,  and  Dr.  James  H.  Dickson 
and  J.  G.  Shepherd  of  the  eldership,  were  the  commission- 
ers chosen 

April  17th,  1863,  the  Session  considered  the  proposition 
made  by  Presbyter)'  for  each  church  to  raise  a  fund  for  the 
education  of  the  children  of  soldiers  dying  in  the  military 
service  of  the  country.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  re- 
port on  the  subject.  They  reported  recommending  the  ap- 
pointment of  an  agent.  Judge  Shepherd  was  appointed, 
and  I  find  his  report,  the  substance  of  which  is  that  there 
were  five  such  children  in  our  own  Sunday  School,  and 
the  whole  number  would  not  exceed  twenty.  The  credits 
on  the  subscription  fund  were  as  follows: 

By  am't  Confed.  bonds,  7  per  cent,  (invested  at  par),  $3000  00 

One  school  bill  paid,       -          -          -          -          -  6  50 

Unpaid  subscription,  (good),          ...  200  00 

1  six  per  cent.  Confed.  bond,      -  200  00 

Cash  in  hand,             ....  18  50 


$3425  00 


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Although  Mr.  Sherwood's  work  extended  through  the 
war,  the  church  seemed  to  prosper  in  many  ways.  In  as- 
suming- the  editorial  charge  of  the  N.  C.  Presbyterian  the 
second  time  he  exerted  an  influence  for  Christ  and  Presby- 
terianism  which  was  felt  throughout  the  State,  "  In  part- 
ing from  you  as  our  pastor,"  wrote  the  committee,  "we  de- 
clare our  own  assurances  of  good-will  and  affection,  and  we 
utter  the  same  from  the  congregation  to  whom  you  have, 
ministered  through  many  years  of  trial,  and  sometimes  of 
anxiety  and  distress." 

The  15th  pastor  was  Rev.  H.  G.  Hill,  who  was  invited 
December  26th,  1867,  was  elected  pastor  January  20th, 
1868,  and  installed  July  nth,  1868.  His  letter  of  resignation 
was  read  before  a  congregational  meeting  Monday,  April 
26th,  1886. 

The  16th  pastor,  Rev.  A.  L.  Phillips,  was  called  Octo- 
ber 12th,  1886,  and  was  installed  Sunday,  December,  5th, 
1886. 

REV.  COLIN  MCIVER. 

Though  this  distinguished  servant  of  God  was  never 
pastor  here,  yet  his  influence  was  powerful  in  the  town.  He 
came  here  about  1809  to  teach  with  Rev.  W.  L.  Turner. 
On  July  31st,  1 8 1 5 ,  he  was  elected  stated  clerk  of  the  ses- 
sion, though  not  a  member  of  the  court.  At  the  same  time 
he  was  requested  to  prepare  a  sketch  of  the  church.  This 
he  did,  and  the  sketch  is  now  recorded  in  the  records  of  the 
session  from  1755  to  [814.  He  was  a  man  of  great  sincerity 
of  purpose,  of  ardent  and  constant  attachment  to  friends 
and  courteous  to  all.  At  all  times  he  was  ready  to  preach 
the  Gospel.  He  was  tenacious  of  his  opinions,  and  at  times 
would  earnestly  contend  for  them.  "He  was  an  intelligent, 
clear-headed,  warm-hearted,  thorough-going  Presbyterian 
of  the  old  style,"  and  had  very  little  patience  with  new  ideas 
about  church  order,  &c.  He  was  an  ardent  Mason  and  was 
chaplain  of  Phoenix  Lodge  at  the  time  of  his  death,  January 
19th,  1850.  Of  him  Mr.  Winslow,  in  the  address  referred  to 
before,  says,  "Untiring  in  zeal,  uniformly  consistent,  scrup- 
ulous in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  unwavering  in  his  re- 


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ligious  principles,  with  a  mind  well  cultivated  and  stored 
with  information,  he  was  most  highly  appreciated  where 
most  intimately  known."  At  his  death  the  Lodge  re- 
solved **■*_«  "That  his  memory  will  con- 
tinue green  among  the  members  of  this  Lodge,  even  as  a 
sprig  of  Cassia,  and  fragrant  as  the  incense  he  was  wont  to 
offer  upon  our  altars." 

The  following  is  believed  to  be  a  complete  list  of  the 
Ruling  Elders  of  the  church: 

Robert  Donaldson,  died  between  1805  and  1 808. 

Duncan  McLeran,  died  about  1822. 

David  Anderson,  ordained  in  1800,  died  April  9th,  1844. 
Duncan  McAusIan,  died  between  1805  and  1808. 
Archibald  Campbell,  died  1804. 
Col.  John  Dickson,  died  about  1822. 
These  six  composed  the  first  session  of  the  church  at 
its  organization  in  1800. 

Charles  Chalmers,  M.  D. 

Isaac  Hawley,  ordained  about  1S05,  died  between  1805 
and  1808. 

Elisha  Stedman,  died  September  29th,  1832. 
David  D.  Salmon. 

Dolphin  Davis,  died  November  8th,  1818. 
William  Warden. 

John  D.  Burch,  ordained  February  18th,  1816. 
Col.  Abraham  Stevens,  ordained  January  24th,  1819, 
died  1822. 

Gilbert  Eccles,  ordained  May  18th,  1823,  died  Decem- 
ber 9th,  1 83 1 ,  aged  83  years. 

William  Broadfoot,  ordained  May  18th,  1823. 

George  McNeill,  ordained  November  8th,  1823,  died 
April  23rd,  1865. 

Judge  Henry  Potter,  elected  between  June  7th  and 
24th,  1826,  died  Sunday,  December  20th,  1857. 

Dr.  M.  McLean  attended  his  first  meeting  of  session 
December  3rd,  1828,  was  dismissed  to  Cheraw,  S.  C,  De- 
cember 9th,  1829. 

D.  A.  Davis,  first  attended  session  March  loth,  1831, 
dismissed  to  Salisbury  August  14th,  1837. 


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Williamson  Whitehead,  recommended  June  29th,  1830. 
James  Miller,  ordained  January  15th,  1832,  died  June4th, 
1840. 

Harvey  Leete,  ordained  March  5th,   1837,  died  June 
23rd,  1852. 

James  Martine,  ordained  February  18th,  1844,  died 
October  9th,  1864.. 

John  McDonald,  ordained  March  5th,  1837. 

Edward  Barge,  ordained  February  18th,  1844,  died 
August  8th,.  1868,  aged  89  years. 

John  McArn,  ordained  February  18th,  1844,  died  April 
7th,  1845. 

John  C.  Latta,  ordained  February  i8th,  1844,  removed 
to  and  died  in  Wilmington,  N.  C. 

Jesse  George  Shepherd,  ordained  January  7th,  1853,  • 
died  January  13,  1869. 

James  Banks,  ordained  January  7th,  1853,  dismissed  to 
Florida,  January  7th,  i860. 

Bart.  Fuller,  ordained  February  21st,  1858,  removed  to 
Durham  in  the  year  1880,  and  died  November  28th,  1882. 

Duncan    McLaurin,    ordained    February    21st,  1858. 
Died  in  Florida. 

William  B.  Wright,  ordained  1st  Sabbath  in  May,  1865, 
died  February  12th,  1880. 

William  McL.  McKay,  ordained  1st  Sabbath  in  May, 
1865,  died  April  6th,  1877. 

Milton  Rose,  ordained  April  1869,  died  August  9th, 
1871. 

J.  G.  Yates,  ordained  April,  1869. 
William  Warden,  ordained  October  1st.  1871. 
M.  E.  Dye,  ordained  October  1st,  1871. 
Dr.  J.  Small,  elected  September  23rd,  1877,  died  Ferua- 
ry  14th,  1885. 

E.  T.  McKethan,  ordained  May  23rd,  1880,  .died  June 
10th,  1888. 

S.  C.  Rankin,  ordained  May  23rd,  1880. 

G.  P.  McNeill,  ordained  February  6th,  1887. 

J.  W.  McNeill,  M.  D.,  ordained  February  6th,  1887. 

G.  G.  Myrover,  ordained,  February  6th,  1887. 


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Time  would  fail  me  to  speak  of  each  of  these  departed 
brethren.  Some  of  them  were  men  of  very  marked  indi- 
viduality and  power,  and  have  left  their  stamp  upon  our 
town  as  well  as  upon  the  church.  Without  intending  to 
disparage  others,  I  will  simply  select  from  this  list  a  few  for 
detailed  mention. 

Mr.  Robert  Donaldson  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  ever  in  this  community.  The  sessional  records  speak 
only  of  his  death.  In  an  address  delivered  before  Pcenix 
Lodge  of  Masons  in  1849,  by  Edward  Lee  Winslow,  there 
is  the  following  brief  mention  of  him:  "The  first  named, 
Robert  Donaldson,  generally  beloved,  a  merchant  of  the 
highest  standing,  .  whose  descendants  yet  survive  and 
maintain  the  standing  and  respectability  of  their  ancestors, 
beloved  most  where  best  known."  Among  these  descend- 
ants was  Robert  Donaldson,  who  removed  to  New  York, 
who  gave  to  the  church  the  present  manse,  and  whose  name 
will  be  ever  gratefully  remembered  by  Fayetteville  as  that 
of  the  generous  founder  of  "Donaldson  Academy  and  Man- 
ual Labor  School."  This  famous  academy  has  been  an 
incalculable  blessing  to  this  whole  region,  for  from  it  have 
gone  your  fathers  and  grandfathers  into  every  station  of  life. 
Some  competent  hand  should  trace  its  history  for  the  public 
eye. 

David  Anderson  lived  to  be  78  years  old.  Of  him  the 
record  says:  "Our  venerable  brother,  having  been,  from  the 
first  organization  of  this  church,  a  ruling  elder,  and  having 
for  a  space  of  more  than  forty  years  sustained  an  irreproach- 
ble  character  as  a  member  of  the  church — distinguished  for 
his  love  of  peace,  for  his  consistent  walk,  for  his  steady  ad- 
herence to  the  doctrines  of  the  Gospel  as  comprised  in  the 
formularies  of  our  church — for  his  constancy  in  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  his  office  and  for  his  humble  reliance  on  the 
merits  of  the  Saviour,  as  the  only  ground  of  his  hope,  we 
cannot  but  regard  his  death  as  a  great  loss  and  as  the  extinc- 
tion of  a  burning  and  shining  light  that  shineth  more  and 
more  unto  the  perfect  day.  As  his  life  was  distinguished  for 
peace  and  quietness,  so  his  death  was  without  a  pang,  and  it 


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may  be  said  of  him,  as  of  Stephen  of  old,  "  He  fell  asleep." 

Of  Elisha  Stedman,  who  died  at  the  age  of  67  years, 
the  record  says:  "  His  honesty  and  stern  integrity  of  heart 
and  of  purpose — his  experience  in  the  business  of  life,  aided 
by  a  sound  judgment,  and  influenced  by  a  sincere  desire  to 
relieve  the  distressed,  rendered  him  a  prudent  and  safe  ad- 
viser, and  one  highly  useful  in  the  various  stations  which  he 
occupied  in  social  life.  His  memory  is  embalmed  in  the 
hearts  of  the  poor  and  destitute.  He  had  been  Ruling  El- 
der *  *  *  for  thirty  years,  and  was  one  of  its 
main  pillars." 

David  D.  Salmon  was, I  have  been  informed,  the  first 
person  to  introduce  a  question  book  into  the  Sunday  Schools 
of  Sampson  County.  Of  course  this  made  an  epoch  in  their 
management  and  teaching. 

It  is  probable  that  no  man  of  his  day,  exerted  a  more 
wide-spread  and  powerful  influence  in  the  community 
than  did  George  McNeill.  His  residence  and  store  at  the 
foot  of  Haymount  were  the  scenes  of  large  and  hearty  hos- 
pitality and  great  business  activity.  His  trade  extended 
far  into  the  interior  of  the  State.  His  opinion  carried 
weight  in  determining  any  line  of  action.  For  some  time 
he  was  clerk  of  session.  During  the  last  year  of  the  civil 
war,  when  the  sun  of  the  Confederacy  was  setting  forever, 
when  thousands  of  hearts  and  homes  were  desolate,  our 
church  was  bereaved  of  this  venerable  saint.  Judge  Shep- 
herd prepared  the  memorial,  which  says:  "Mr.  George  Mc- 
Neill, the  oldest  officer  of  this  session,  died  at  Fayetteville, 
the  23rd  of  April,  1865,  in  the  stillness  and  quiet  of  the  Sab- 
bath day.  He  had  been  for  years  failing  in  health,  and  fre- 
quently had  his  family  felt  the  alarm  that  each  attack  of 
sickness  might  be  his  last.  For  49  years  our  deceased 
brother  had  been  a  member,  and  for  42  years  a  Ruling  Elder, 
of  this  church.  No  man  was  more  devoted  to  the  faith  and 
standards  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  As  an  office-bearer, 
as  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School,  as  husband,  father, 
master,  as  a  faithful  and  patriotic  citizen,  he  has  left  behind 
him  the  impress  of  his  well  spent  life,  and  his  good  works  do 


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follow  him."  Mr.  McNeill  possessed  some  traits  of  character 
which  were  strongly  marked  and  made  him  known  and  read 
of  those  around  him.  He  was  a  man  of  great  directness, 
candor,  independence  and  hopefulness  in  things  concerning 
both  the  Church  and  the  State.  Warmth  of  heart,  strong 
affection,  liberal  hospitality,  and  earnest  desire  for  the  good 
of  others,  were  conspicuuos  in  his  life.  Two  of  his  sons  had 
been  given  to  the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry — both  of 
them  most  acceptable  to  the  church  and  greatly  blessed  in 
their  labors  of  love  while  on  earth.  But  the  sons  in  the 
prime  of  life  had  been  called  away  to  meet  their  Redeemer 
ere  the  venerable  father  found  his  eternal  rest.  Now  in  glo- 
ry, all,  with  a  dear  sister  and  daughter  added,  (a  sister  and 
daughter  who  preceded  the  father  but  a  few  hours),  they  re- 
joice around  the  throne  and  adore  the  Author  of  all  good 
and  mercy!  Both  father  and  daughter  were  buried  at  the 
same  hour.  The  most  precious  legacy  of  this  great  and 
good  man  to  our  church  is  found  in  the  lives  of  his  grand- 
children, now  consecrated  to  the  Lord  Christ. 

Henry  Potter,  for  many  years  a  Judge  of  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court,  came  to  Fayetteville  in  1826  from 
Raleigh,  where  he  was  a  Ruling  Elder.  Himself  appreciative 
of  the  good  things  of  this  life,  his  house  was  the  place  of  a 
most  extended  christian  hospitality.  He  was  clerk  of  Ses- 
sion from  December  nth,  1826,  to  January  8th,  1853,  a  pe- 
riod of  more  than  26  years.  His  increasing  years  may  be 
plainly  traced  by  his  hand-writing  in  the  records.  The  re- 
cord says  of  him:  He  was  noted  for  the  readiness  and  zeal 
with  which  he  discharged  all  the  duties  of  *  *  *  * 
He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  church,  an  ardent  ad- 
mirer of  its  doctrines  and  government.  In  earlier  life,  while 
he  had  physical  ability  to  engage  constantly  in  active  duty, 
he  was  at  the  head  of  our  Sabbath  School — untiring  in  his 
efforts  to  sustain  it  as  a  nursery  of  piety  and  morality — un- 
tiring in  his  efforts  to  preserve  the  purity  of  the  church  in 
its  discipline,  its  order,  worship  and  faith." 

Jesse  George  Shepherd,  for  some  years  a  Judge  of  our 
Superior  Court,  was  an  Elder  of  very  great  influence  in 


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our  church  here  and  in  the  courts  of  the  church  at  large. 
He  was  clerk  of  session  from  January  8th,  1853,  to  January 
13th,  1869 — about  sixteen  years.  I  cannot  do  less  than 
copy  the  whole  minute  adopted  at  his  death  by  the  session. 
As  an  example  of  pure  rhetoric,  clear  analysis  of  character 
and  appreciative  judgment  it  is  a  model: 

"Jesse  George  Shepherd  was  admitted  to  the  communion  of  this 
church  by  certificate  on  the  15th  of  July,  1843,  and  ordained  a  Ruling 
Elder  therein  on  January  7th,  1853.  About  the  2nd  of  April,  1853, 
he  was  appointed  Clerk  of  Session,  succeeding  the  venerable  Hen- 
ry Potter,  which  office  he  filled  until  his  death  on  13th  of  January, 
1869.  This  is  the  oudine  of  his  christian  life,  but  the  filling-in,  done 
by  a  faithful  and  competent  hand,  would  show  how  simple  and  trust- 
ful was  his  faith,  how  pure  and  blameless  his  life,  how  warm  and 
glowing  his  love,  how  fervent  and  constant  his  zeal,  how  devoted 
and  untiring  his  service  in  the  cause  of  Christ  and  His  Church,  to 
which  he  gave  himself  freely,  fully  and  without  reserve. 

The  character  of  the  man  was  well  exemplified  in  the  type  of 
piety  Which  he  exhibited.  Naturally  sensitive  and  shrinking  in  all 
that  concerned  himself  in  his  contact  with  the  world,  he  scrupulously 
avoided  even  the  appearance  of  evil.  Confident  in  the  deductions  of 
his  own  reason,  in  those  matters  which  related  to  his  professional 
life  and  practice,  he  grasped  the  truth  of  God  firmly  and  boldly.  He 
loved  its  pure  fountains  and  sought  them  for  undefiled  and  refresh- 
ing waters,  for  grateful  rest  and  shade,  for  quiet  relaxation  and  re- 
pose from  the  burden  and  heat  of  a  busy  and  often  perplexing  life. 
He  felt  his  dependence,  strong  as  he  was  in  the  principles  of  godli- 
ness, upon  the  promised  aid  of  the  Spirit;  and  the  filial  reverence 
with  which  he  addressed  God  as  "Our  Father,"  the  deep  and  earnest 
tones  in  which  he  pronounced  this  hallowed  Name,  was  a  marked 
feature  of  his  prayers  when  he  led  the  public  devotions  of  the  people. 

His  influence  was  felt  for  good,  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own 
church.  Those  qualifications  which  made  him  an  able  jurist,  a 
skilled  and  powerful  advocate  in  ©ur  courts  of  law,  fitted  him  pre- 
eminently for  usefulness  in  the  judicatories  of  the  church.  We  have 
telt  his  power  in  the  church  session;  Presbytery  was  familiar  with 
his  wise  counsel;  Synod  knew  and  esteemed  very  highly  in  love  for 
his  work's  sake;  and  the  General  Assembly,  in  a  most  trying  period 
of  its  history,  committed  important  trusts  to  him  for  execution,  as  to 
one  whose  praise  was  in  the  churches.  He  ruled  well  in  the  house 
of  God;  and,  being  well  taught  in  the  Word,  did  not  forget  to  com- 
municate of  his  knowledge  for  the  edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ. 


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At  all  times  and  in  all  things  he  was  ready  for  the  discharge  of  any 
christian  duty,  and  by  his  work  and  conversation  he  preached  the 
Gospel  to  those  who  looked  upon  his  blameless  character,  which  was 
but  the  outgrowth  of  the  vital  principle  of  life  within. 

We  turn  away  from  the  honors  and  distinctions  which  he 
achieved  amongst  his  fellow-men  in  the  dusty  arena  of  forensic  and 
political  strife.  They  were  to  him  but  the  bubbles  of  an  hour's  en- 
joyment. They  are  not  worth}'  to  be  compared  with  that  crown  of 
dignity  and  honor  which  he  won  as  a  faithful  servant  of  the  church 
and  to  that  crown  of  glory  which  he  wears  now,  as  we  confidently 
believe,  amongst  those  who  have  been  made  kings  and  priests  unto 
God.  His  example  is  left  for  our  imitation!  Though  we  may  follow 
him  afar  off,  yet  by  that  same  grace  upon  which  he  leaned  and  to 
which  he  constantly  looked,  wTe  may  become,  in  our  humble  meas- 
ure, like  him,  ensamples  to  the  flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost 
hath  made  us  overseers. 

Invoking,  therefore,  this  same  divine  assistance,  let  us  thank 
God  for  the  good  profession  witnessed  by  our  departed  brother,  and 
take  courage  for  the  trials  of  the  way  that  stretches  out  before  us, 
that  like  him,  when  we  rest  from  our  labors,  our  works  ma}-  fol- 
low." 

Bartholomew  Fuller  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
leading  elders  in  our  church,  as  he  was  also  a  leading  law- 
yer in  the  town.  He  was  clerk  of  session  for  years,  suc- 
ceeding Judge  Shepherd.  In  1880  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Durham,  where  his  usefulness  in  the  church  con- 
tinued till  his  death,  November  28th,  1882.  For  some  time 
he  ably  edited  the  N.  C.  Presbyterian,  He  was  a  man  of 
great  power  and  fluency  of  speech.  He  frequently  led  public 
service  in  the  absence  of  the  pastor  to  the  great  edification 
of  the  congregation. 

James  Martine  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  Elder. 
The  record  says  of  him:  He  w^as  "conspicuous  in  his  labors  of 
love,  full  of  earnest  and  fervent  spirit — warm  and  active  in 
his  piety  and  character  as  a  christian — faithful  and  attentive 
to  duty — prayerful — delighting  in  the  worship  and  ordinan- 
ces of  the  house  of  God  and  in  the  society  and  communion 
of  fellow-christians — "given  to  hospitality" — zealous  of 
good  works.  Our  deceased  brother  had  been  forty  years  a 
member  and  twenty  years  a  Ruling  Elder  in  this  church, 


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and  for  its  welfare,  prosperity  and  growth  had  shown  a  deep 
concern."  On  his  way  to  his  home  on  Haymount,  Sabbaths 
after  church-service,  he  would  fill  his  large  vehicle  with 
guests  for  dinner. 

William  B.  Wright  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Bar — of  commanding  appearance— wielding  a  wide  influ- 
ence— and  respected  by  everybody — a  truly  honest,  good 
man. 

Wm.  McL.  McKay  was  a  native  of  the  town,  of  a  well 
known  Scotch  family — a  distinguished  member  of  the  Bar — 
and  of  wide  influence  in  this  section  of  the  State,  open,  gen- 
erous and  the  friend  of  everybody. 

Time  and  your  patience  alike  fail  me  to  speak  of  the 
other  noble  men  who  have  helped  to  make  the  name  of 
*'  Presbyterian  Elder"  a  synonym  of  all  that  is  honest, 
just,  true,  faithful  and  godly.  Their  names  are  written  in 
the  Lambs  book  of  life. 

DEACONS. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  our  church  here  had  no  board 
of  deacons  until  1858.  Up  to  this  tirnc  its  finances  were 
managed  by  the  session  and  trustees,  after  the  manner  of 
the  church  in  Scotland. 

The  following  list  will  be  found  to  be  correct,  or  very 
nearly  so: 

G.  W.  Williams,  ordained  February  2 1st,  1858,  dismissed 
to  Wilmington  April  28th,  1867. 

W.  B.  Wright,  ordained  February  21st,  1858. 
James  B.  Ferguson,  ordained  February  21st,  1858,  died 
May  i860. 

Wm.  McL.  McKay,  ordained  February  21st,  1858. 
Hugh  Graham,  ordained  February  21st,  1858. 

H.  C.  Robinson,  M.  D.,  ordained  February  21st,  1858, 
died  September,  1861. 

C.  A.  McMillan,  ordained  February  21st,  1858,  died 
about  July  6th,  1875. 

These  seven  composed  the  first  board. 
Joseph  Utley,  died  May  20th,  1877. 


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Robert  Johnson  and  E.  T.  McKethan,  ordained  March 
8th, 1868. 

M.  E.  Dye,  Warren  Prior  and  S.  W.  Skinner,  ordained 
March  28th,  1869. 

Alexander  Graham. 

G.  P.  McNeill  and  VV.  L.  Hawley,  ordained  November 
29th,  1874. 

Dr.  J.  W.  McNeill,  ordained  January  24th,  1875. 

G.  G.  Myrover,  ordained,  January  17th,  1879. 

W.  F.  Leak,  R.  M.  Prior,  W.  G.  Hall  and  A.  E.  Ran- 
kin, ordained  February  6th,  1887. 

Most  of  these  brethren  are  with  us.  I  must  leave  the 
record  of  their  characters  and  deeds  to  another  hand. 

Mr.  G.  W.  Williams  moved  to  Wilmington  in  1867,  and 
is  now  an  honored  and  active  deacon  in  the  1st  Presbyte- 
rian church  there. 

Messrs.  Wright,  McKay,  McKethan,  Dye,  G.  P.  Mc- 
Neill, G,  G.  Myrover  and  J.  W.  McNeill  became  Elders. 

Mr.  James  B.  Ferguson,  "a  member,  efficient  and  ex- 
emplary in  all  the  relations  of  life,  died  after  a  painful  and 
wasting  sickness  of  several  weeks." 

H.  C.  Robinson,  M.  D.,  was  a  "valued  citizen  and  a 
highly  esteemed  and  useful  member  of  the  church.  His 
many  excellent  traits  of  character  as  a  man,  and  his  kind- 
ness and  skill  as  a  physician,  had  won  for  him  the  respect 
and  affection  of  the  whole  community,  while  he  commended 
the  religion  of  Jesus  by  his  uniform  christian  walk." 

Charles  A.  McMillan  and  Joseph  Utley  were  both 
worthy  deacons  and  died  respected  by  all.  Mr.  Utley  was 
for  many  years  the  Treasurer  of  the  church. 

THE  CHURCH  BUILDINGS. 

Although  the  church  was  organized  in  1800,  yet  the 
congregation  never  set  about  the  erection  of  a  suitable  house 
of  worship  until  some  time  during  the  year  1810.  During 
this  year  the  church  was  incorporated  by  act  of  Legislature 
in  order  to  get  into  its  possession  a  lot  which  had  been  pur- 
chased by  the  congregation.    It  was  generally,  though  er- 


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roneously,  thought  that  the  church  could  not  hold  property 
in  its  own  name.  The  lot  bought  is  the  one  now  occupied 
by  the  Episcopal  church,  which  was  at  first  conveyed  to  the 
Town  Commissioners  in  trust  for  the  church.  On  March 
24th,  1814,  it  was  resolved  to  raise  by  subscription  the  sum 
of  $5,000,  in  shares  of  $50  each,  for  the  erection  of  a  building. 
For  some  reason  some  persons  objected  to  building  a  church 
on  Green  street.  Accordingly  a  committee  was  appointed 
by  session  to  inquire  about  two  lots  which  belonged  to  a 
Mrs.  Vance  and  her  daughter,  then  of  Wilmington,  for 
which  $1,300  was  considered  a  fair  price.  These  two  lots, 
which  finally  cost  $1,500  are  the  present  church  lot.  The 
committee  to  raise  funds  reported  on  7th  May,  18 14,  that 
they  had  raised  the  amount  specified.  It  was  afterwards  or- 
dered that  $2,000  additional  stock  be  secured,  and  the  El- 
ders were  required  to  build  the  church  of  brick.  The  build- 
ing committee  was  appointed  February  1st,  1816,  and  con- 
sisted of  Rev.  Jesse  H.  Turner,  with  Messrs.  Chalmers, 
Dickson  and  Stedman.  Subsequently,  Mr.  Chalmers  was 
excused  on  account  of  ill  health  and  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Burch 
was  appointed  in  his  place.  April  T 8th,  1816,  the  building 
committee  asked  session's  advice  about  the  location  of  the 
principal  entrance  to  the  church,  and  it  was  ordered  to  be 
in  the  East  end  of  the  building.  At  the  same  time  it  was 
ordered  that  the  corner-stone  be  laid  on  Monday,  April 
2  1st,  i8i6,at  to  A.  M.,  and  the  pastor  was  requested  to  wait 
on  the  Master  of  Phoenix  Lodge  *'  with  a  request  that  the 
Masonic  Fraternity  would  afford  their  assistance  in  conduct- 
ing the  solemnities  of  the  occasion."  The  following  is  a 
copy  of  the  record  of  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone: 

"On  Monday,  the  21st  April,  1816,  the  corner-stone  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  Fayetteville  was  laid  with  suitable  solemnity. 
A  procession  was  formed  at  the  Mason  Lodge,  composed  of  the 
clergy  resident  in  town  and  such  others  as  were  providentially  pres- 
ent, the  Ruling  Elders  and  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
the  officers  and  members  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  and  a  very  re- 
spectable and  numerous  assemblage  of  citizens,  who  marched  in  a 
slow  and  solemn  manner,  accompanied  by  a  band  of  music,  to  the 


24  Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

church  lot.  Having-  arrived  at  the  place,  the  procession  approached 
the  ground  appropriated  for  the  erection  of  the  house  for  public  wor- 
ship of  God  by  marching  through  two  arches, on  which  were  inscribed 
1  Holiness  to  the  Lord.'  Having. passed  through  these  arches,  and 
ranged  themselves  around  the  lines  marked  out  for  the  intended 
walls  of  the  sacred  temple,  the  assembled  company  halted,  and,  for 
a  few  moments  solemn  silence  prevailed.  The  Rev.  Robert  H. 
Chapman,  D  D.,  President  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina, 
who  was  providentially  present,  then  delivered  a  brief,  yet  very  ap- 
propriate and  impressive,  Oration,  which  commanded  the  attention 
and  excited  the  devout  affections  of  the  audience.  The  corner-stone 
was  then  laid  by  Mr.  Reuben  Loring,  the  principal  architect  of  the 
building;  its  position,  form  and  texture,  examined  by  the  Master  of 
Phocenix  Lodge,  who  reported  to  the  members  of  the  Masonic  Fra- 
ternity his  approbation  thereof.  The  Rev.  Jesse  H.  Turner,  Pastor 
of  the  church,  then  addressed  the  Throne  of  Grace  in  a  prayer  to  Al- 
mighty God,  that  He  might  bless  and  prosper  the  work  now  com- 
mencing, and,  having  sung  an  appropriate  Hymn,  the  people  were 
dismissed  with  the  usual  benediction." 

March  15th,  1817,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  collect 
unpaid  subscriptions  on  the  building,  to  receive  a  legacy  of 
$200  left  to  the  church  by  Robert  Holliday,  and  to  issue 
certificates  of  stock  on  the  payment  of  the  fifth  and  last  in- 
stallment due.  To  this  date  the  church  was  still  uncom- 
pleted. The  Episcopal  church  lot  was  bought  from  our 
church,  August  4th,  1817,  for  $1,250.  In  October  1817,  it 
was  found  that  the  money  subscribed  was  not  sufficient  to 
complete  the  building.  Accordingly  a  meeting  of  share- 
holders was  held  in  November  1817,  which  allowed  an  in- 
crease in  stock.  June  1st,  1818,  a  resolution  was  adopted 
"that  any  number  of  gentlemen  who  may  bind  themselves 
for  a  sum  of  money  sufficient  to  finish  the  church  be  author- 
ized to  associate  together  for  this  purpose;"  and  again, 
"  that  building  committee  be  authorized  to  convene  the 
share-holders,  when  it  may  become  necessary,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  giving  them  liberty  to  draw  from  the  Bank  such 
futher  sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  for  completing 
the  church,  upon  a  promise  that  the  first  monies  arising  from 
the  sale  or  rent  of  the  pews  shall  be  applied  to  the  extinc- 
tion of  this  debt."    Rev.  Colin  Mclver  was  appointed  an 


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agent  to  solicit  funds  for  building  both  North  and  South  of 
us.  January  7th,  18 19,  he  submitted  his  report.  From  his 
^Northern  excursion"  he  collected  $293.  Among  the  con- 
tributors to  this  sum  were  "James  Monroe,  President  of  the 
United  States,  $25;"  "Mr.  George  Washington  Campbell, 
Ambassador  from  the  United  States  to  Russia,  $10;"  "  Mr. 
John  Quincy  Adams,  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United 
States,  $10."    Out  of  his  "Southern  excursion"  he  got  $55 

The  dates  of  the  completion  and  dedication  of  the 
building  are  not  now  known. 

The  following  record  will  explain  itself.  It  is  inclosed 
in  the  book  by  heavy  black  lines  of  mourning: 

"  On  Sabbath,  the  29th  May,  183 1,  our  town  was  visited  with  a 
most  awful  and  unparalleled  calamity.  Soon  after  our  Church  was 
dismissed  a  fire  broke  out,  which,  in  a  short  time,  consumed  nearly 
the  whole  of  the  town,  including  our  Church  and  Session  House  J" 

Soon  thereafter  the  pastor,  Mr.  Rowland,  was  appointed 
agent  to  solicit  funds  at  the  North  to  rebuild  the  church. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  credentials,  which 
were  signed  by  the  Elders  and  given  him: 

"State  of  North  Carolina, 
Church  Session  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Fayetteville, 

June  2nd,  1831. 

The  Lord  in  His  righteous  providence,  has  seen  fit  to  desolate 
our  Town  by  conflagration.  The  devouring  element  in  four  short 
hours  has  laid  our  high  places  waste  and  our  temples  and  dwel- 
lings in  ashes.  Nothing  remains  to  tell  where  Fayetteville  was  but 
naked  chimneys  and  crumbling  walls.  Our  worldly  substance  is 
gone,  and  we  desire,  more  than  ever,  to  seek  an  enduring  substance — 
a  Heavenly  inheritance.  But  alas!  we  have  no  shelter  but  the  broad 
canopy  of  Heaven  under  which  to  meet  and  render  praise  and  hom- 
age to  the  Most  High." 

The  following  letter  is  of  interest: 

•"To  the  Committee  of  the  General  Assembly's  Board  of 
Missions: 

Dear  Brethren: — Our  town  is  in  ruins — our  church  consumed — 
our  worldly  substance  gone.  For  Zion's  sake  help  us.  Our  congre- 
gation is  large,  but  deprived,  for  the  present,  of  the  means  of  sup- 


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Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


porting  a  Minister.  We  beg  you  therefore  to  appoint  the  Rev. 
Henry  A.  Rowland,  Jr.,  a  Missionary,  to  labour  among  us  for  twelve 
months.  This  would  aid  us  greatly,  and  the  charity  would  have  an 
extensive  and,  we  trust,  a  profitable  influence." 

June  28th,  1831,  the  Session  resolved  to  rebuild  the 
Session  House  (now  our  Lecture  room)  to  cover  the  sight 
of  the  old  one.  Though  dejected,  they  were  not  despondent 
or  willing  to  ask  others  to  aid  them  without  first  helping 
themselves. 

The  "American  Home  Missionary  Society"  gave  them 
$300  towards  supporting  their  pastor  that  year. 

The  result  of  Mr.  Rowland's  visit  North  was  that  he 
collected  $7,146.56  1-2,  which  was  independent  of  money 
received  from  other  sources. 

The  Church  was  rebuilt  on  the  old  walls  by  the  builder 
of  the  Clarendon  Bridge.  The  rafters  of  the  roof,  which  is 
self-supporting,  are  very  large.  Their  erection  was  sup- 
posed to  be  accompanied  with  so  much  danger  that  a  special 
prayer  meeting  was  held  to  pray  that  no  one  should  be 
hurt. 

In  the  Fall  of  1887  extensive  repairs  were  made  on 
the  building.  The  timbers  supporting  the  old  square  steeple 
had  so  decayed  that  it  was  torn  down  and  the  present 
graceful  spire,  designed  by  Mr.  T.  A.  Klutz,  was  erected. 
The  whole  cost  of  repairs,  paint,  &c,  was  about  $1,800.  It 
is  a  singular  co-incidence  that  the  present  pastor  preached,  at 
the  re-opening  of  the  church  for  worship  in  1887,  from  the 
same  text  (Haggai  2:9)  as  the  pastor  used  at  its  re-open- 
ing after  the  great  fire  of  1831,  and  only  discovered  this  fact 
in  the  preparation  of  this  history. 

In  former  years  church  buildings  were  used  more  freely 
than  now.  I  suppose  that  public  halls  were  not  as  plentiful. 
Our  church  has  more  than  once  been  used  at  the  celebration 
of  4th  July.  "The  use  of  the  church  was  granted  to  the 
committee  of  arrangements  for  the  funeral  ceremonies  in 
honor  of  those  patriots  and  statesmen,  the  lamented 
Thomas  Jefferson  and  John  Adams— who  departed  this 
life  on  the  4th  July,  1826." 


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July  2nd,  1845, to  the  application  of  commitee  appointed 
by  the  town  authorities  for  the  use  of  our  church  on  the  8th 
instant,  in  which  to  deliver  a  eulogy  on  the  death  of  General 
Jackson,  "  we  respectfully  reply,  that  we  have  entered  into  a 
resolution  to  deny  the  use  of  our  church  for  any  public  sec- 
ular purpose — and  that  this  rule  has  not  been  relaxed  in  any 
instance:  but,  desirous  of  conciliating  all  discordant  feeling 
which  a  refusal  might  excite  on  this  solemn  occasion — and, 
sincerely  wishing  to  promote  kind  and  friendly  sympathies 
among  the  citizens  under  their  present  calamity,  we  consent 
that  this  may  be  an  exception  to  the  general  rule,  and  we 
do  therefore  grant  the  request: — 

1st.    Because  it  is  a  solemn  eulogy  for  the  dead. 

2nd.  Because  the  subject  of  it  has  filled  the  Executive 
office  of  the  United  States. 

3rd  Because  he  was  a  professor  of  religion  and  a  mem- 
ber of  our  communion." 

Generally  this  privilege  was  granted  on  condition  that 
the  committee  would  erect  a  stage  for  the  speaking  and  not 
use  the  pulpit. 

The  bell  was  destroyed  by  the  great  fire.  It  seems 
that  the  metal  was  sent  off  to  be  re-cast  and  was  not 
heard  of  again.  The  present  bell  was  a  gift  from  the  2nd 
Presbyterian  church,  Troy,  N.  Y.  On  its  rim  is  the  follow- 
ing legend: 

"  In  flammis  perii  XXIX  Maii  MDCCCXXXI. 
Munere  amicorum  e  cinere  surrexi  in 
Ecclesia  Secunda  Presbyteriani 
in  Troja,  Nov.  Ebor." 

We  believe  that  a  translation  of  this  inscription  reads 
about  as  follows: 

I  perished  in  the  flames  the  29th  of  May,  1831. 
I  arose  from  the  ashes  through  the  gen- 
erosity of  friends  in  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Troy,  New  York. 

Full  many  a  change  does  old  Time  bring  about.  For  on 
April  5th,  1862,  the  Session  granted  the  following  petition 
signed  by  many  of  the  leading  men  in  the  congrega- 
tion: 


28         Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


"In  view  of  the  great  scarcity  of  tin  and  such  metals  suited  to 
the  manufacture  of  'Field  Artillery  '  in  the  Confederacy,  and  in  com^ 
pliance  with  the  call  of  the  '  Ordnance  Review '  at  Richmond  for 
bells,  we,  the  undersigned  members  of  the  congregation  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Fayetteville,  petition  the  pastor  and  officers 
of  the  church  to  loan  to  the  Confederate  States  the  bell  to  be  cast 
into  cannon  for  the  immediate  use  of  the  Starr  Artillery." 

But  the  same  good  bell  still  rings  its  weekly  welcomes 
to  those  who  would  worship  within  our  gates. 
March  29th,  1828,  I  find  this  record: 

"A  Society  of  young  ladies  of  Fayetteville  have  purchased  and 
generously  presented  to  our  church  for  sacramental  uses  the  follow- 
ing  vessels  of  silver  plate,  viz:  A  bread-basket,  two  cups  and  a  tank- 
ard. For  this  valuable  present,  so  useful  to  the  church  and  so  worthy 
of  the  source  whence  it  came,  the  Session  feels  truly  grateful,  both  to 
the  fair  donors  and  to  Him  whose  are  the  hearts  of  all,  and  who  di- 
rects the  chaiities  of  the  world  for  the  good  of  His  Church  and  the 
promotion  of  His  own  declarative  glory.  May  the  daughters  of  Zion , 
for  their  distinguished  liberality,  enjoy  the  present  reward  of  approv- 
ing consciences  and  an  Eternal  reward,  through  the  covenant  of 
Grace,  in  their  Father's  Kingdom  above." 

The  vessels  now  in  use  are  those  referred  to  above. 

At  another  time  reference  is  made  to  the  purchase  of 
pewter  plates  for  taking  up  the  collections.  It  is  possible 
that  the  ones  now  in  use  in  the  Sabbath  School  are  the 
same. 

The  beautiful  church-yard  around  this  temple  is  the 
result  of  much  patient  labor.  The  front  part,  that  now 
chiefly  occupied  by  the  circle  for  carriages,  was  built  up 
from  cellars  through  the  instrumentality  of  Messrs.  J.  M. 
Rose,  Sr.,  James  Banks,  W.  G.  Matthews  and  Elijah  Fuller. 

This  building  and  these  grounds  are  a  precious  heritage 
from  our  fathers,  representing  their  taste,  their  intelligence, 
their  Godly  zeal,  their  self-denying  liberality.  This  build- 
ing is  sacred  to  God;  it  is  hallowed  by  the  proclamation  of 
many  a  saving  message,  by  thousands  of  fervent  prayers,  by 
the  sweet  mingling  of  joyful  voices  in  hymns  of  praise,  by  the 
power  of  God's  Spirit  as  He  brought  life  to  dead  souls, 
Keep  it  consecrated  to  God,  and  hand  it  down  to  your 


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children  for  a  blessing  to  them  even  unto  thousands  of  gen- 
erations. 

FINANCE  AND  STATISTICS. 
The  accompanying  table  is  very  nearly  correct.  It 
covers  the  period  from  1830  to  1888,  fifty-eight  years.  I 
commend  it  to  your  study.  It  will  be  a  means  of  grace  to 
you.  I  give  only  the  totals  here  of  the  sums  given  for  the 
leading  schemes  of  benevolence. 


Sustentation,    -  -  $1,113.56,  or  $ 

48.41  a  year 

for  23  years 

Evangelistic,  1,805.82,  " 

60.19  "  " 

M   30  " 

Invalid  Fund,  -  -      551-57,  " 

27.58  '•  " 

u    2Q  << 

Foreign  Missions,    4,706.68,  " 

10.45  "  " 

M   45  '  11 

Education,    -    -  -   2,769.35,  " 

8.20  "  " 

"   35  " 

Publication,               921.23,  " 

3.69  "  " 

«   25  " 

Tuscaloosa  Institute,  38.36,  " 

4.78  "  " 

<<      g  << 

If  we  put  the  average  number  of  communicants  for  each 

period  above  mentioned  at  161,  the  smallest  number  ever 
in  the  church,  we  have  per  member  for  Sustentation,  30  cents; 
for  Evangelistic  work,  54  cents;  for  Invalid  Fund,  $1.71;  for 
Foreign  Missions,  63  cents;  for  education,  50  cents;  for  pub- 
lication, 28  cents;  and  for  Tuscaloosa  Institute,  2  cents. 

The  largest  sum  collected  for  any  one  object  is  $4,706.68 
for  Foreign  Missions,  making  the  highest  average  per  mem- 
ber 63  cents.  If  the  membership  be  taken  at  161  for  26 
years,  the  average  per  member  of  all  causes  will  be  57  cents- 
It  will  be  observed  that  these  causes  do  not  include  salary, 
repairs,  &c.  Our  inheritance  in  this  respect  is  surely  not 
liberal. 

For  many  years  after  the  organization  of  the  church 
the  pastor's  salary  was  $400  a  year  for  preaching  and  $400 
a  year  for  teaching,  for  he  did  both  duties,  to  the  damage  of 
each  I  have  no  doubt.  It  was  then  $800  for  each.  The 
largest  salary  ever  paid  was  $1,500.  One  year,  1863-64,  the 
salary  was  $2,518.00,  evidently  paid  in  Confederate  money. 

The  largest  number  of  communicants  ever  in  the  church 
at  one  time  was  343,  in  1837-38,  immediately  following  a 
great  revival  led  by  Mr.  Douglas.  Many  of  these  were  from 
the  country  and  afterwards  formed  what  is  now  Big  Rockfish 


30         Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


church.  The  smallest  number,  161,  was  in  1869-70.  The 
largest  number  ever  received  on  profession  of  faith  in  one 
year  was  101,  in  1835-36;  the  next  47,  in  1831-32;  the  next 
37,  in  1886-87.  During  these  long  years  there  is  no  year 
recorded  when  there  was  not  an  addition  to  the  church. 
The  whole  number  received  by  profession  of  faith  is  556,  and 
by  certificate  172.  During  these  58  years  there  have  been 
eight  pastors,  so  that  there  is  an  average  of  69  to  each  pas- 
torate, or  of  9  1-2  per  year. 

MUSIC. 

For  many  years  the  music  was  led  by  voice,  a  man 
being  employed  for  that  purpose.  He  was  paid  as  much  as 
$100  a  year.  November  27,  1883,  the  Session  resolved  to 
"assume  the  payment  for  a  bass  viol  purchased  by  the 
Rev.  H.  A.  Rowland."  Mr.  Warren  Prior  was  the  performer 
on  this  viol,  aided  at  various  times  on  the  flute  and  violin 
by  Mr.  John  Munn,  the  two  Messrs.  Spencers,  Mr  John  M. 
Rose  and  others.  Mr.  E.  Fuller  led  music,  etc.  Our 
present  pipe  organ  was  bought  in  1855  m  New  Ycrk,  and 
our  present  most  excellent  organist  has  led  our  music  for 
many  years  to  the  great  edification  of  God's  people. 

MISSIONARY  SOCIETIES. 

In  the  records  of  Session  there  are  very  few  allusions 
made  to  any  organized  efforts  to  increase  intelligent  zeal  in 
the  great  missionary  movements  of  the  times  either  domestic 
or  foreign.  Societies  did  exist  however.  July  18,  1829,  I 
find  this  record :  "  The  Presbyterian  Female  Working  Society 
of  Fayetteville,  having  generously  contributed  of  the  product 
of  their  hands  the  sum  of  $5  to  aid  in  rewarding  the  Rev. 
A.  Benedict  for  his  ministerial  labors  among  us.  the  thanks 
of  the  Session  is  hereby  voted  to  that  Society.  *  "  *  A 
note  from  the  ladies  of  our  congregation,  who  were  members 
of  the  late  Female  Benevolent  Society  of  this  Town,  was 
received  and  read.  This  note  covered  the  sum  of  $40,  which 
was  offered  as  a  donation  to  be  appropriated  exclusively 
to  the  repairs  of  the  church." 


OF  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 


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April  2,  183 1,  the  Session  agreed  to  organize  a  Mission- 
ary Society  (whether  of  men  or  women  doesn't  appear)  as  a 
result  of  an  address  by  Rev.  John  Witherspoon,  and  sub- 
scribed "  for  10  copies  of  the  Missionary  Reporter  and  Edu- 
cation Register  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  congregation." 
There  is  no  means  of  ascertaining  accurately  what  these 
societies  accomplished. 

SABBATH  SCHOOLS. 

It  is  now  well  nigh  impossible  to  find  out  the  date  of 
the  organization  of  our  Sabbath  School  work.  It  was  long 
customary  in  our  churches  for  the  children  to  meet  on  Sabbath 
to  be  catechised  by  the  Pastor  before  a  Sabbath  School  was 
organized.  This  was  done  in  our  congregation  as  far  back 
as  1814.  On  May  19,  1826,  it  was  resolved  by  the  Session 
that  "it  be  the  custom  hereafter  in  this  church  to  assemble 
the  children  of  the  congregation  in  the  afternoon  of  the  last 
Sabbath  of  every  month  for  catechetical  instruction."  From 
the  American  Sunday  School  Magazine  for  March,  1827,  I 
copy  the  following  extract  from  letter: 

"Presbyterian  Sunday  School, 

Fayetteville,  January  13,  1827. 
Along  with  this  order  for  books  we  have  thought  it  advisable, 
though  it  be  not  the  usual  time,  to  send  you  a  very  brief  account  of 
our  School.  There  are  two  others  in  this  place  besides  our  own. 
The  Episcopalians  and  Methodists  have  each  a  School.  For  the 
control  of  ours  there  is  a  Sabbath  School  Society,  which  has  its 
annual  meeting  at  the  time  of  our  annual  examination  of  pupils. 
The  number  of  teachers,  male  and  female,  is  about  fifteen.  The 
number  of  pupils  enrolled  is  140,  and  the  number  who  attend  fluctu- 
ates from  60  to  100. ' ' 

For  many  years  a  successful  Sabbath  School  for  colored 
people  was  kept  up.  It  was  abandoned  only  in  consequence 
of  the  voluntary  withdrawal  of  the  pupils  at  the  close  of 
the  war.  In  this  Sabbath  School  your  present  most  efficient 
Superintendent  received  his  baptism  for  his  future  work. 

On  Wednesday,  June  7,  187 1,  the  Mission  Sabbath 
School  in  Campbellton  was  organized  with  H.  A.  Campbell 
and  Calvin  Price  as  Superintendents,  and  E.  T.  McKethan, 


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S.  W.  Skinner,  Thos.  McLauchlin,  James  Evans  and  Misses 
Frances  Pearce  and  Lany  Evans  for  Teachers.  On  Decem- 
ber 13,  1875,  Mr.  E.  T.  McKethan  was  elected  its  Superin- 
tendent. Never  did  a  work  have  a  more  zealous  worker. 
His  work  has  resulted  in  raising  a  whole  community  to  higher 
thoughts  and  purer  lives. 

The  following  list  of  Superintendents  is  as  nearly  com- 
plete as  I  can  make  it.  It  is  as  far  as  possible  in  order  of 
service:  Abraham  Stephens,  Henry  Potter,  Geo.  McNeill, 
Jesse  G.  Shepherd,  B.  Fuller,  M.  E.  Dye  and  G.  P.  Mc- 
Neill. 

PRAYER  MEETING. 

I  do  not  know,  when  the  regular  weekly  Prayer  Meeting 
was  started.  Many  years  ago  it  was  held  as  now,  on  Wed- 
nesday night,  for  an  old  gentleman  has  told  me  that  the 
young  men  used  to  go,  when  he  was  young,  to  prayer  meet- 
ing on  that  evening  "  to  see  the  girls." 

April  20,  1858,  the  Session  had  some  discussion  in 
'*  relation  to  the  appointing  of  a  regular  weekly  prayer  meet- 
ing." October,  17,  i860,  it  was  resolved  "  to  have  a  regular 
weekly  prayer  meeting  in  the  church  beginning  on  Wed- 
nesday afternoon,  October  24."  It  seems  from  these  refer- 
ences that  this  service  was  suspended,  for  a  time  at  least. 

The  prayer  meeting  is  still  known  in  the  congregation 
as  "  lecture."  The  type  has  come  from  the  distant  past, 
when  it  was  customary  for  the  Pastor  to  deliver  a  formal 
^lecture"  on  some  topic. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Our  fathers  seem  to  have  been  very  jealous  of  the  purity 
of  the  church.  Frequent  trials  before  the  Session  are 
recorded.  The  causes  of  discipline  were  very  various,  and 
they  did  not  hesitate  to  "session  an  elder"  when  he  needed 
it.  Fornication  and  adultery,  drunkenness,  forgery,  Sabbath- 
breaking,  attendance  at  a  circus,  card-playing,  dancing,  and 
profanity  are  among  the  offences  charged.  January  3,  1817, 
it  is  charged  that  "  a  member  of  this  Session  attended  the 
Masonic  Ball  on  the  night  of  the  27th  ult.  [St.  John's  Day], 


OF  Favettevtlle,  Nt.  C. 


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and  there  played  cards,  and,  moreover,  that  he  has  on  some 
occasions  of  late  been  guilty  of  using  profane  language." 

On  another  occasion  an  Elder  was  arraigned  under  the 
charge  of  (i)  forgery,  in  that  he  had  changed  the  date  of 
birth  of  an  indented  apprentice,  (2)  of  cruelty  in  not  allow- 
ing said  apprentice  to  visit  his  mother,  and  in  chastising 
said  apprentice  in  a  very  unmerciful  manner  for  going  to  his 
mother's  house,  and  (3)  of  "  openly  profaning  the  Sabbath 
in  inflicting  the  chastisement  specified  in  the  preceding 
charge  on  the  morning  of  the  Lord's  day  and  on  the  public 
street."  He  was  cleared  of  the  first  two  charges,  but  con- 
victed of  Sabbath-breaking.  The  penalty  was  an  earnest 
admonition  in  the  presence  of  the  Session.  The  whole 
matter  was  stated  from  the  pulpit  before  .the  congregation 
and  silence  thereafter  was  enjoined  on  all.  A  case  involving 
an  important  question  of  morals  as  well  as  of  discipline 
came  before  the  Session  August  31,  1827.  It  was  this,  sub- 
stantially :  Harry,  a  negro  slave  of  Mr.  Mallett,  applied  for 
admission  to  the  church.  It  appeared  that  his  wife  had 
been  sold  and  carried  to  Georgia,  where  she  married  another 
man.  A  negro  woman  was  bought  by  Harry's  master  and 
brought  away  from  her  husband  to  Fayetteville.  Her  hus- 
band then  married  a  second  time.  Harry,  upon  learning  of 
his  own  wife's  marriage  in  Georgia,  and  of  the  marriage  of  this 
woman's  husband,  took  her  to  wife.  For  this  he  was  ex- 
pelled from  the  Methodist  Church.  Beside  this  no  charge 
whatever  was  made  against  him.  The  question  arose  "was 
Harry  living  in  adultery  ? "  For  final  decision  it  was  referred 
to  Synod.  It  was  there  decided  that  Harry  was  not  vio- 
lating the  law  of  God,  and  that  a  case  like  this  should  be  no 
bar  to  admission  to  the  church. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  it  was  with  no  slack  hand  that 
our  fathers  ruled  the  church  of  God. 

INFLUENCE  ON  THE  COMMUNITY. 

It  is  of  course  impossible  ever  to  calculate  the  exact 
amount  of  influence  exerted  by  any  individual.  Much  more 
difficult  it  is  then  to  estimate  the  influence  of  a  church.  A 
church  in  a  town  is  the  visible  evidence  of  God's  presence 


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Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


there.  The  christian  life  shows  that  His  dwelling  place  is 
still  in  the  hearts  of  His  people.  A  distinguished  son  of 
North  Carolina,  has  said  that  the  "  Cape  Fear  Section  is  the 
back-bone  of  North  Carolina."  The  marrow  of  that  bone  is 
Presbyterianism.  Ours  was  the  first  church  organized  in 
Fayetteville,  so  far  as  I  know.  Wherever  you  find  a  Pres- 
byterian church  you  will  find  a  school-house  not  far  off. 
Presbyterian  ministers  were  among  the  first  school  teachers 
of  this  section.  The  Donalson  Academy  was  the  gift  of 
Robert  Donaldson.  Its  first  and  every  subsequent  Board 
of  Trustees  were  Presbyterians.  Its  first  principal  was  Rev. 
Simeon  Colton,  a  Presbyterian  minister.  Most  of  its  subse- 
quent principals  were  Presbyterian.  While  they  were  Pres- 
byterian they  were  not  bigots,  for  hear  this  resolution  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees: 

Whereas,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Board  a  Sectarian  Academy  is 
to  be  deprecated  as  at  variance  with  the  genius  of  our  republican  in- 
stutions,  and  with  the  spirit  of  the  Gospel — therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  benefits  of  this  institution  shall  be  extended 
to  all  who  may  seek  :  the  only  condition  being  that  they  comply  with 
the  regulations  of  the  school,  and  the  rules  of  morality  and  good 
order;  and  that  in  the  selection  of  teachers  reference  shall  be  had  to 
their  character  and  qualifications  as  men  of  a  Catholic  spirit,  who 
shall  not  exert  a  sectarian  influence. 

The  North  Carolina  Presbyterian  was  started  in  Fay- 
etteville, some  of  its  staunchest  friends  being  Fayetteville 
men.  Its  influence  was  powerful  in  the  community  and  in 
the  State. 

What  princely  men  and  lawyers  were  Potter,  J.  C. 
Dobbin,  J.  G.  Shepherd,  B.  Fuller,  McKay,  Wright  and 
Banks?  What  physicians  like  Robinson,  McKay  and  Mc- 
Swain  ? 

Who  can  tell  of  the  influence  upon  the  industries  and 
trade  of  Fayetteville  of  such  men  as  David  Anderson,  Elisha 
Stedman  George  McNeill,  John  McArn  and  Robert  Holiday, 
of  Arey,  Stiart,  Myrover,  Michael  McGary,  John  M.  Dobbin, 
Daniel  Johnson,  the  McLerans,  the  McLaurins,  John  McRae 
and  other  McRaes,  of  Leete,  Nott,  Starr,  Cook,  Martine, 


OF  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 


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Elijah  Fuller,  Latta  and  N.  A.  Stedman,  of  D.  A.  Ray,  A.  A. 
McKethan,  J.  D.  Williams  and  others  of  our  congregation  ? 

Who  can  tell  of  the  power  of  the  mothers  that  reared 
such  men  ? 

No  walk  in  life,  whether  humble  or  exalted,  in  Fayette- 
ville that  has  not  felt  the  power  of  Presbyterian  teaching. 
None  know  its  deepening,  broadening  power,  but  those  who 
have  felt  it.  All  who  have  felt  it  are  glad  to  bear  witness 
to  its  controlling  influence. 

Brethren,  the  history  of  your  church  is  before  you  1 
Ponder  its  teachings.  It  warns  you  to  be  more  liberal  with 
your  money.  It  encourages  you  to  maintain  the  purity  of 
your  body.  It  urges  you  to  ever  increasing  organized  work. 
It  appeals  to  every  faculty  of  your  soul  and  body  to  arise, 
lengthen  Zion's  cords,  strengthen  her  stakes,  and  build  up 
her  waste  places  for  the  coming  of  her  King  ! 

44  Walk  about  Zion  and  go  round  about  her:  tell  the 
towers  thereof.  Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks,  consider  her 
palaces;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generations  following. 
For  this  God  is  our  God  forever  and  ever:  He  will  be  our 
guide  even  unto  death." — Psalm  48:12-13-14. 


After  preparing  this  history  of  the  church  up  to  this 
date,  the  Rev.  A.  L.  Phillips  received  a  call  from  South 
Highland  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Birmingham,  Alabama. 
Believing  that  the  Lord  was  leading  him  in  that  direction, 
he  resigned  the  pastorate  of  this  church  and  removed  to 
Alabama,  preaching  his  last  sermon  on  Sunday,  February 
17th,  1889. 

The  church  then  issued  a  call  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Barclay,  at  that  time  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Princeton,  Kentucky.  The  call  was 
accepted,  and  Mr.  Barclay  preached  his  first  sermon  under 
this  new  relation  on  Sunday,  April  21st,  1889,  and  was  in- 


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Sketch  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


stalled 'as  pastor  of  the  church  on  Thursday  night,  June 
2/th,  1889. 

On  Sunday  night,  May  5th,  1889,  the  noted  Evangelist, 
Rev.  R.  G.  Pearson,  preached  the  first  of  a  series  of  sermons 
running  through  a  meeting  of  two  weeks  duration.  These 
meetings  were  held  in  a  tabernacle  erected  for  the  purpose 
on  the  old  cotton  platform  at  the  corner  of  Gillespie  and 
Mumford  streets. 

For  several  weeks  previous  to  the  coming  of  the  Evan^ 
gelist,  Union  Prayer  Service  had  been  held,  and  from  the 
beginning  the  Evangelist's  preaching  was  with  power.  The 
result  cf  the  meeting  was  such  a  revival  as  perhaps  was 
never  before  witnessed  in  Fayetteville.  All  the  Churches 
shared  in  the  blessing  and  a  large  ingathering  of  members 
followed,  especially  in  the  Methodist  and  Presbyterian 
churches. 

Within  three  weeks  from  May  5th  72  members  were 
added  to  the  Presbyterian  church.  Since  then  the  church 
has  manifested  increased  life  and  activity.  The  weekly 
prayer-meetings  have  been  larger  than  ever  before  known 
and  members  are  continually  being  added.  The  total  num- 
ber of  additions  during  the  year,  from  February  1st,  1889,  to 
February  1st,  1890,  is  81  on  confession  of  faith  and  17  from 
other  churches. 


APPENDIX. 


REGISTER  OF  MINISTERS. 


Rev.  James  Campbell,  1755 

"  John  McLeod,  1770 

<4    Dougald  Crawford,  1784 

<4    Colin  Lindsay,  1786 


Rev.  Angus  McDiarmid,  1786 

44    David  Kerr,  1791 

"   Tate,  1796 

"    George  Whitfield,  1796 


CHURCH  ORGANIZED  IN  1800. 


1st  Pastor — Rev.  John  Robinson,  1800  to  1802 

2nd  44  "  Andrew  Flinn,  1803  41  1805 

3rd  "  44  John  Robinson,  1805  44  1808 

4th  "  44  William  L.  Turner,  1809  44  1813 

5th  44  ,l  Jesse  H.  Turner,  1814  44  1819 

6th  41  44  William  D.  Snodgrass,  1819  "  1822 

7th  "  "  Robert  H.  Morrison,  1822  " 

8th  44  44  James  G.  Hamner,  1826  44  1829 

9th  4  4  4  4  Josiah  J.  Kirkpatrick,  1830  44 

10th  4  4  4  4  Henry  A.  Rowland,  1830  44  1834 

nth  4  4  4  4  James  W.  Douglas,s  1834  44  1837 

12th  4  4  4  4  Dan'l  McN.  Turner,  1837  44  1840 

13th  4  4  4  4  Adam  Gilchrist,  1841  44  1861 

14th  4  4  4  4  John  M.  Sherwood,  1861  44  1867 

15th  4  4  4  4  Halburt  G.  Hill,  1868  44  1886 

1 6th  4  4  4  4  Alex.  Lacy  Phillips,  1886  44  1889 

17th  4  4  4  4  Thos.  P.  Barclay,  present  Pastor. 


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Appendix. 
REGISTER  OF  ELDERS. 


Robert  Donaldson, 
Duncan  McLeran, 
David  Anderson, 
Duncan  McAuslan, 
Archibald  Campbell 
Col.  John  Dickinson,  J 

Charles  Chalmers, 
Isaac  Hawley, 
Elisha  Stedman, 
David  D.  Salmon, 
Dolphin  Davis, 
John  D.  Burch, 
Col.  Abraham  Stevens, 
Gilbert  Eccles, 
William  Broadfoot, 
George  McNeill, 
Judge  Henry  Potter, 
Dr.  M.  McLean, 
D.  A.  Davis, 
James  Miller, 
Harvey  Leete, 


First 
session . 
Ordained 
in  1800. 


James  Martine, 
John  McDonald, 
Edward  W.  Barge, 
John  McArn, 
John  C.  Latca, 
Judge  J.  G.  Shepherd, 
James  Banks, 
Bart.  Fuller, 
S.  T.  Hawley,  orr^ 
Duncan  McLaurin, 
William  B.  Wright, 
Wm.  McL.  McKay, 
Milton  Rose, 
J.  G.  Yates, 
William  Warden, 
M.  E.  Dve, 
E.  T.  McKethan, 
Samuel  C.  Rankin, 
Dr.  James  W.  McNeill, 
George  G.  Myrover, 
George  P.  McNeill. 


DIRECTORY  FEBRUARY  1st,  1890. 


PASTOR. 

Rev.  Thomas  P.  Barclay.    Residence— Manse,  Union  Street. 


RULING  ELDERS. 

M.  E.  Dye,  S.  C.  Rankin,  Dr.  J.  W.  McNeill,  William  Warden, 
G.  G.  Myrover  and  G.  P.  McNeill. 


BOARD  OF  DEACONS. 

A.  E.  Rankin,  W.  G.  Hall,  W.  L.  Hawley  and  R.  M.  Prior. 
Clerk  of  Session,  G.  G.  Myrover. 
Treasurers,  A.  E.  Rankin  and  W.  G.  Hall. 
Organist,  Mrs.  O.  P.  Hall. 


Appendix. 


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USHERS. 


John  R.  McNeill,  Chief;  A.  D.  McMillan,  John  Culbreth,  R.  M. 
Prior,  James  W.  Moore  and  Charles  Whitfield. 


TRUSTEES. 


John  M.  Rose,  Chairman;  A.  A.  McKethan,  John  D.  Williams, 
Warren  Prior,  R.  W.  Hardie,  A.  Moore  and  D.  H.  Ray. 


DIRECTORY  OF  SERVICES. 


Preaching  every  Sunday  at  n  A.  M.  and  7^  P.  M. 

In  Summer  the  second  service  is  at  8)4  P.  M. 

Sunday  School  at  9.45  A.  M. 

Mission  School  (Campbelton),  3^  P.  M. 

Wednesday — Prayer  meeting,  j)4  P.  M. 

Thursday — Teachers'  meeting  and  Bible  class,  y}4:  P.  M. 
*  Prayer  meeting  at  the  Fair  Grounds  Monday  evening  and  at  the 
Campbelton  Mission  Tuesday  evening  at  y)4. 

The  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  is  administered  on  the 
second  Sunday  in  January,  April,  July  and  October.  Preparatory 
services  on  Friday  evening  preceding. 

Special  service  for  children  on  afternoon  of  each  communion 
Sunday. 

The  church  is  supported  by  the  weekly  envelope  system.  En- 
velopes may  be  had  of  the  Treasurer. 

SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS. 

For  Sunday  Schools,      -      -       April.  July,  October  and  February. 
"  Foreign  Missions,  May,        -        -       W.  B.  McMillan,  Agent. 
44  Evangelistic  Fund,  June  and  Sept.,  A.  A  McKethan,  Jr., 
"  Invalid  Fund,  July,       -  Prior  Johnson,  " 

"  Colportage,  August,  -       -       -       -   R.  McMillan,  44 

44  Colored  Evangelistic,  October 

"  Education,  November,  -  -  H.  McD.  Robinson,  " 
"  Tuscaloosa  Institute,  December,  -  -  Charles  Pearce,  " 
44  Sustentation,  January,  -  -  Thomas  Whitted,  " 
"  Publication,  March,       -       -       -        E.  F.  Moore,  Jr.,  " 

SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 

G.  P.  McNeill,  Superintendent. 

S.  C.  Rankin,  Assistant  Superintendent. 

Owen  B.  Wightman,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

E.  F.  Moore,  Jr.,  Librarian. 

A.  J.  Cook,  Assistant  Librarian. 

Mrs  Kate  McNeill,  Superintendent  Infant  School. 


4o 


Appendix. 


MISSION  SCHOOL  IN  CAMPBELTON, 

W.  L.  Hawley,  Superintendent. 

R.  M.  Prior,  Assistant  Superintendent. 


SOCIETIES. 


LADIES'  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY. 

Miss  H.  Chamberlain,  President. 
44    Nannie  E.  Rankin,  Secretary. 
44    Eliza  R.  Prior,  Treasurer. 

MEN'S  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY. 

Dr.  J.  W.  McNeill,  President. 

A.  J.  Cook,  Secretary. 

D.  M.  McDonald,  Treasurer. 

LADIES'  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY. 

Miss  Hattie  Starr,  Treasurer. 

LADIES'  SEWING  SOCIETY. 

Miss  Maggie  R.  Rose,  Treasurer. 

LENA  LEETE  LEGION  (CHILDREN'S  MISSIONARY). 

Miss  Sally  Dye,  President. 
Mr.  Henry  A.  Rankin,  Vice-President. 
Mr.  James  H.  McNeill,  Secretary. 
Miss  Julia  C  Barclay,  Treasurer. 

ELLIOTT  SOCIETY,  (CHILDREN'S  BENEVOLENT). 

Miss  Kate  Smith,  President. 


COMMITTEES. 


PASTOR'S  AID  COMMITTEE. 

Mrs.  Kate  McNeill,  Mrs.  John  D.  Williams,  Mrs.  Colin  McRae,  Mrs. 
Henry  McDonald,  Mrs  G.  P.  McNeill,  Mrs.  H.  McD.  Robinson,  Miss  Nannie 
E.  Rankin  and  Miss  Mollie  Keith. 


Appendix. 


41 


■  deacons'  aid  committee. 

Miss  Eliza  R.  Prior,  Miss  Annie  L.  Rose,  Miss  Kate  B.  Smith,  Miss  An- 
nie E.  Hardie,  Mrs  KateM.  Pemberton,  Mrs.  J.  W.  McNeill,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Pearce, 
Mrs.  John  D.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Jessup. 

COMMITTEE  ON  CHURCH  BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS. 

John  M.  Rose,  Chairman;  W.  G.  Hall,  Alfred  A.  McKethan,  James  A. 
Moore,  Owen  B.  Wightman,  Miss  Etta  Brown,  Miss  Maggie  Whitehead  and 
Mrs.  T.  A.  Kluttz. 

COMMITTEE  ON  STRANGERS. 

Dr.  J.  W.  NcNeill,  Chairman;  J.  B.  Underwood,  Jr.,  H.  L.  Cook,  A.  E.  Ran- 
kin, G.  G.  Myrover,  Miss  Maggie  R.  Rose,  Mrs.  J.  W.  McNeill,  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Rankin  and  Mrs.  G.  G.  Myrover. 

COMMITTEE  ON  INVITATION. 

Henry  A.  Rankin,  James  H.  McNeill,  A.  S.  Rose,  Walter  Goddard  and 
Walter  McRae. 


ROLL  OF  MEMBERSHIP. 


Avery,  Miss  Virginia. 
Alderman,  H.  B. 
Burns,  John,  W. 
Buie,  Miss  Rachel  E. 
Brown,  John  D. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Sallie. 
Brown,  Miss  Etta. 
Brown,    "  Mattie. 
Brown,  Alexander. 
Black,  Mrs.  Julia. 
Black,  Miss  Annie  Holmes, 
Bidgood,  Robert  W. 
Bidgood,  Mrs.  Kate  W. 
Brandt,  Mrs.  Mary. 
Brandt,  Leon 
Brandt,  George  L. 
Buckingham,  Miss  Caro. 
Beal,  Mrs.  Mary. 
Bain,  James. 
Barclay,  Mrs.  Louisa  R. 
Barclay,  McKee. 
Barclay  Julia  C. 
Barclay,  Thomas  P.,  Jr. 
Cook,  Mrs.  Mary  F. 
Cook,  Henry  L. 
Cook,  Alexander. 


Culbreth,  John. 

Culbreth,  John  H. 

Culbreth,        Miss  Luola  W. 

Cameron,  "  Kate. 

Chamberlain,     "  Hannah. 

Carter,  Mrs.  Martha  J. 

Dye,  M.  E. 

Dye,  Mrs.  Lydia  H. 

Dye,  Miss  Sarah.  E. 

Dye,  George  McN. 

Davis,  Miss  Mary. 

Denny,  J<  hn  C. 

Denny,  Mrs.  Sallie  McA. 

Evans,  Mrs.  Jane  M. 

Evans,  Mrs  Henrietta. 

Evans,  Miss  Mary  Ann. 

Evans,  James. 

Evans,  Oliver. 

Evans,  Miss  Elizabeth  K. 

Evans,    "    Mary  H. 

Evans,    "    Janie  J. 

Evans,    "    Susie  D. 

Elliott,  John 

Emmitt,  John  N. 

Easom,  John  E. 

Easom,  Henry. 


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Appendix. 


Fuller,  Mrs.  Mary  A, 
Fuller,  Miss  Alice. 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  Catherine. 
Fife,  William  P. 
Fife,  Mrs  Jennie  R. 
Fife,  William  P.,  Jr. 
Faircloth,  Charles  W. 
Faircloth,  Samuel. 
Faircloth,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Guiton,  Miss  Margaret. 
Gregg,  Mrs.  Eliza. 
Gaster,  W.  D. 
Glover,  Mrs.  Eliza  M. 
Glover,  Miss  Laura  I. 
Glover,  Charles,  Jr. 
Goddard,  Walter  G. 
Grinnan,  Mrs.  Louisa  A. 
Hardie,    "    Mary  A. 
Hardie,  Miss  Annie  E. 
Hooper,  Joseph  C. 
Hooper,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Hawley,  William  L. 
Hall,  Wilber  G. 
Hull,  Mrs.  Olivia  P. 
Hall,  Miss  Olivia  Robinson. 
Hall,  Douglas. 

Hall,  Miss  Celia  A. 

Holmes,  William  G.  B. 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Eabecca  L. 

Huske,     "    Maggie  H. 

Hockuday,  Miss  Caro.  G. 

Hatch  ell,      "    Nannie  B. 

Hunter,  Mrs.  Narcissa. 

Hurt,  William. 

Hurt,  Miss  Lilly. 

Hurt,    "    Sarah  G. 

Hurt,  Mr.  J  Walter. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Catherine. 

Johnson     "  Alice. 

Johnson,  John. 

Johnson,  Alexander  Prior. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Jessie. 

Johnson,  Miss  Maggie. 

Johnson,    "  Mar}r. 

Johnson,    "  Bertha. 

Jessup,  Isaac. 

Jessup,  Mrs.  Alice  C. 

Jessup,  Gordon. 

Jessup,  Miss  Annie. 

Jones,  Mrs.  W.  D. 

Jones,    4>  Creacy. 

Jones,  Miss  Sadie. 

Keith,  Miss  Euphemia. 

Keith,     "  Mary. 

Kluttz,  Mrs  Annie  B. 

Lanneau,  Mrs.  F.  H. 

Leete,  Miss  Isabella. 

Lutterloh,  Mrs.  P.  H. 

Love,  Lilly. 

Leslie,  Mrs. 


Myrover,  Mrs.  U.  C. 
Myrover,  George  G. 
Myrover,  J.  H. 
Myrover,  Mrs.  Laura  A. 
Myrover,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Myrover,    "    Urbanna  D. 
Moore,  Elijah  F. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Susan. 
Moore,  Miss  Stella. 
Moore,    "    Annie  L. 
Moore,  Elijah  F.,  Jr. 
Moore,  James  W. 
Moore,  Thomas  F. 
Moore,  Miss  Maggie  T. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Eva  W. 
Moore,  Miss  Mary  E. 
Moore,  James  A. 
Moore,  Williamson  G. 
Moore,  Thomas. 
Mathews,  Miss  P.  H. 
Murchison,   "    Emma  D. 
Monroe,  William  M. 
Mallett.  Bettie,  (colored). 
Manltsby,  Mrs.  Esther  C, 
McLaurin,  Miss  Caroline. 
McLaurin,  Mrs.  Elizabeth. 
McKenzie,  Miss  Mary. 
McKenzie,    "    Mary  Jane. 
McKinnon,  Mrs.  Narcissa. 
McKinnon,  Miss  Mattie. 
McKethan,  Mrs.  L.  J. 
McKethan,     "    Janie  W. 

McKethan,  A.  A.,  Jr. 
McKethan,  Mrs.  Celia. 

McKethan,  Alfred  A.,  2nd  Jr. 

McKethan,  John  A. 

McKethan,  David  R. 

McKethan,  William. 

McKethan,  Miss  Kate  D. 

McKethao,    "    Callie  B. 

McKethan,    "  Augusta. 

McMillan,  Mrs.  Sarah  C. 

McMillan,     "    Kate  W. 

McMillan,  W.  B. 

McMillan,  Alston  D. 

McMillan,  Miss  Anna. 

McMillan,  Ronald. 

McMillan,  Miss  Sarah  J. 

McMillan,  Thomas  H. 

McNeill,  Mrs.  Kate. 

McNeill,  George  P. 

McNeill,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 

McNeill,  James  H. 

McNeill,  Miss  Jessie  S. 

McNeill,  John  R. 

McNeill,  Mrs.  Ida. 

McNeill,  Dr.  James  W. 

McNeill,  Mrs.  Annie  W. 

McDonald,  Mrs.  Elizabeth. 

McDonald,    "    Amanda  J. 


Appendix. 


McDonald.  Daniel  M. 

McDonald,  Miss  Eula  May. 

McDonald,  Harry  A. 

McKay,  Mrs.  Lizzie. 

McLaucblin,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 

McLaucblin,  Miss  Henrietta  M. 

McLauchlin,  "    Effie  J. 

Mc Arthur,  Alexander. 

Mc Arthur,  Mrs.  Mary  Catherine. 

McArthur,  Daniel  W. 

McArthur,  John  D. 

McArthur,  Mrs.  Francis  D. 

McArthur,  Miss  Isabella  J. 

McRae,  Mrs.  Annie. 

McRae,  Archibald. 

McRae,  Walter  S. 

McGilvary,  James. 

McGilvary,  Miss  Hannah. 

McQueen,  Mrs.  Jane. 

McLean,  Miss  Mary. 

McNaughton,  W.  J. 

McMurray,  Mrs.  Georgiana. 

McNeil],  Mrs.  Susan  (colored). 

McKellar,  Jones  (colored). 

Nott,  James  D. 

Nott,  Miss  Caroline  J. 

Nott,    "    Clarissa  M. 

Nimocks,  Mrs.  Minnie  C. 

Nimocks,  Miss  Addie  H. 

Nimocks,    "    Carrie  G. 

Owen,  Mrs.  Emma. 

Orrell,     "    M.  B. 

Overby,    "  Ida. 

Prior,  Warren. 

Prior,  W.  Stebbins. 

Prior,  Robert  M. 

Prior,  J.  L. 

Prior,  Miss  Eliza. 

Pemberton,  Mrs.  Kate  S. 

Phillips,  James. 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Margaret. 

Phillips,  Miss  Kate  McN. 

Phillips,    *•    Maggie  H. 

Patterson,  Miss  Margaret  A. 

Pearce,  Mrs.  Mary  F. 

Pearce,  Charles. 

Pearce,  Mrs.  Martha  A. 

Parker,  William. 

Pearsall,  J.  R. 

Pearce,  William  A. 

Payne,  Mary  (colored). 

Ray,  Mrs.  Caroline. 

Ray,  Miss  Malinda  B. 

Ray,  N.  W. 

Ray,  Miss  Annie. 

Ray,  D.  K. 

Rose,  Miss  Eliza  H. 

Rose,    "    Annie  L. 

Rose,    "    Maggie  R. 

Rose,  Mrs.  Augusta. 


Rose,  Miss  Jane  A. 
Rose,  Augustus  S. 
Rose,  John  M.,  Jr.  (2nd). 
Rose,  George  M.,  Jr. 
Rose,  Charles  G. 
Rankin,  Samuel  C. 
Rankin,  Miss  Nannie  A. 
Rankin  Henry  A. 
Rankin,  A.  E. 
Rankin,  Mrs.  Zulah. 
Rankin,  Miss  Ida. 
Robeson,  Mrs.  Sallie  E. 
Robeson,     **  Minnie. 
Robinson,  H.  McD. 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Ray  nor,  W.  M. 
Raynor,  Mrs  Margarets. 
Raynor,  Miss  Ida  L. 
Raynor,  Marshal  N. 
Revels,  Louisa  (eolored). 
Smith,  Mrs.  Ann  J. 
Smith,  Miss  Mary. 
Smith,    "  Caronnia. 
Smith,    u    Kate  B. 
Smith,  James  B. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Henrietta. 
Smith,  Harry  C. 
Smith,  Norman  McL. 
Smith,  Miss  Ellen. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah. 
Smith,  Miss  Sarah  Gertrude. 
Smith,  N.  H. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Sallie  S. 
Smith,  Thomas  W, 
Stedman,  Mrs.  Euphemia. 
Shepherd,  Mrs.  C.  I. 
Sykes,  Mrs.  Isabella, 
btarr,  Miss  Hattie. 
Small,  Mrs.  Margaret  M. 
Small,  Chalmers. 
Small,  Miss  Mary  Lou. 
Small,    M  Eugenia. 
Small,    "  Lizzie. 
Small,    "  Maggie. 
Southerland,  Robert. 
Sinclair,  N.  A. 
Sinclair,  Mrs.  Augusta  W. 
Shirley,  Miss  Annie. 
Skinner,  S.  W. 
Taylor,  Miss  Mary  L. 
Tisdale,  Samuel  S. 
Utlej*,  Joseph. 
Utley,  Mrs.  Kate  R, 
Utley,  Miss  Margaret  McN. 
Utley,    "    Kate  C. 
Utley,    "  Minnie. 
Utley,    44  Mary. 
Underwood,  Joseph  B.,  Jr. 
Warden,  William. 
Warden,  Miss  Ann. 


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Appendix. 


Williams,  John  D. 
Williams,  Mrs.  Jane  E. 
Williams,  Miss  Martha  L. 
Williams,    "    Janie  R. 
Williams,  John  D.,  Jr. 
Williams,  Arthur  B. 
Williams,  Mrs.  Addie  W. 
Williams,  Miss  Emma  B. 
Williams.    "    Eliza  W. 
Worth,  Mrs.  Fatima. 
Worth,  John  M. 
Whitfield,  Charles  J. 


Whitfield,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Whitfield,    "  SarahS. 
Whitfield,    "    Salina  C. 
Widdifield,  Samuel. 
Wightman,  Owen  B. 
Wightman,  George. 
Wightman,  Archie  B. 
Whitted,  Thomas. 
Whitehead,  Mrs.  Morton. 
Whitehead,  Miss  Jennette  D. 
Whitehead,    "    Margaret  B. 


Additions  Since  the  Above  List  was  Handed  t©  the  Printer. 


Whitehead,  Z.  W. 
Whitehead,  Mrs.  Z.  W. 
Evans,  Mrs.  Oliver. 
Dye,  Mrs.  J.  Starr. 


Jennings,  E.  H. 
Southerland,  K.  A. 
Tripp,  Horace  B. 


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